Browse published material including veterinary books, periodicals and pamphlets.

Explore in here for early veterinary writing by the forefathers of the profession; descriptions of historic methods and cases; and anonymous backbiting between the professors of competing veterinary schools.

RCVS Vet History is a five year project, in which the historically rich, but previously untapped, collections of the RCVS will be preserved and made more accessible to the public. The project will culminate in two major public outputs...

Articles include: Fig. 22 – Injected vessels of the lower end of one of the lamine; Purgatives in Peritonitis; Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot; The Cattle Murrain of India; The Principles of Botany; Case of Extrusion of the Bladder in a Mare During Parturition; Parturient Apoplexy in a Sow…

Articles include: Extraordinary Enlargement of the Liver of a Dog from Deposit of Fatty Matter; Scrofulous Disease of the Eye-Ball and Tracheal Lymphatic Glands; Partial Occlusion of the Trachea in an Entire Horse; ThePrinciples of Botany; “Club” or “Stump Foot”, and the Spring Extention Shoe; Glanders in Horses, and the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act…

Articles include: Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot, Aneurism of the Posterior Aorta of a Horse, Observations on Mr. Overed’s Case of Partial Occlusion of the Trachea, Fracture of the Tibia, Acute Inflammation of the Heart, Four Cases of Rabies in Cattle, Recovery of a Dog from Poisoning by Strychnia…

Articles include: Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot, On the Structure and Disease of the Navicular Bone, The Principles of Botany, Upon the Periplantar Shoe in Chronic Laminitis, Congenital Distortion of the Fore Limbs of a Foal; Operation; Recovery, On the Patent Elastic Horse Collar…

Articles include: Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot, Extensive Disease of the Membranes Covering the Left Hemisphere of the Brain of a Dog, The Principles of Botany, Two Cases of Purpura with Intestinal Submucous Hemorrhage, Subcutaneous Injection of Morphia in Colic and Enteritis, Tracheotomy…

Articles include: Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot, The Proposed Central Veterinary Medical Society, Cancer of the Penis – Amputation, The Principles of Botany, Cattle Plague, Foot and Mouth Disease and Pluero-Pneumonia…

Articles include: Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot, Poisoning of a Dog by Strychnia, On Rabies: Its Prevalence, and Some Suggestions for Future Investigation, Note on Ringworm: Transplantation of the Fungus of Ringworm from Calf to Man, The Principles of Botany…

Articles include: Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot, Laceration of the Eyelids. Removal of the Membrana Nictitans, Further Report of Cases of Rabies in Lancashire, Observations on Cases of Parturient Apoplexy, Veterinary Pathology and Surgery: Case I Diaphragmatic Hernia…

Articles include: Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot, Observations on Parturient Apoplexy, Fatal Cases of Poisoning in a Horse and Mare from Eating Yew, Sudden Death of Two Horses, Suspected Poisoning of Three by Alimentary Matter, Strangulation of the Intestines of the Horse…

Articles include: Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse’s Foot, The Principles of Botany, Remarks Upon the Use of Actual Cautery as Applying to the Veterinary Profession, Remarks on Some of the, Causes of the Spread of the Foot and Mouth Disease in Ireland, Cattle Plague, Pluero-Pneumonia…

RCVS VET HISTORY is an RCVS Knowledge initiative, for the preservation and promotion of the historical collections of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, made possible with the support of The Alborada Trust.

The Alborada Trust is a charitable trust founded in 2001. Its aims are the funding of medical and veterinary causes, research and education – and the relief of poverty and human and animal suffering, sickness and ill-health. Charity Registration No 1091660

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust (trading as RCVS Knowledge) is a registered Charity No. 230886. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England and Wales No. 598443.